Young people not in education, employment or training have often missed out on opportunities to develop essential employment skills. The Nuffield Foundation has launched a...
100,000 placements is a welcome start. Who helps young people get to day one? In thirty-five years working in careers guidance, I have watched a...
Term has started, and colleges are still settling timetables and filling gaps in delivery. It's a good moment to look at who's teaching under subcontracted...
Adult learners are already investing in new careers; policy should turn that commitment into a connected journey from entry-level competence to higher technical progression. The...
The funded management ladder has gone. Team Leader at Level 3, Operations Manager at Level 5, Chartered Manager at Level 6, Coaching Professional, Improvement Practitioner,...
While the headlines this year have gone to pathways and funding, the deepest apprenticeship reform is happening in a corner of the system most commentary...
Ten academic years ago, I wrote for FE News about challenging stereotypes, inspired by the late MP Jo Cox. As another academic year begins, I...
Almost a million young people in the UK are not in education, employment, or training (NEET). That’s a grim milestone that’s only marginally dropped in the latest quarter according to the ONS....
“Employers are far more likely to engage when they believe the organisation contacting them understands the commercial environment in which they operate.” We cannot solve...
The financial pressures facing UK higher education have reached a point where we need to ask a more fundamental question: is the problem simply that universities...
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It’s easy to see the turmoil that the UK education sector has faced over the last two years. From remote learning to students quickly changing…
Dream in Green – putting climate change at the heart of education With the COP26 summit dominating the news agenda, in this week’s Future of…
Lifelong learning helps grow the economy, gives people opportunities, helps build communities, and saves money for public services. We need to build a lifelong learning…
I was recently in London attending a book launch preceded by a panel discussion. Five entrepreneurs sharing their journey. All of them had shunned being…
How many times have you heard the words “we had to think creatively”? Or “play around with some ideas”? Or “solve some problems”? These are…
By the BFELG: #AntiRacismInAction: West Midlands with Janak Patel, BFELG Director, Mike Hopkins MBE, Principal of South and City College Birmingham, and Pat Carvalho, Principal…
Maths week, which takes place 8-15 November this year, is a chance to celebrate the wonder of mathematics and its contribution to society. That’s something…
Back in August this year, the ESFA published their new Apprenticeship Training Provider Accountability Framework. This important publication sets out the ESFA’s key principles and…
The last 18+ months have transformed student finances. As the financial wellbeing platform, the whole Blackbullion team has worked alongside students and student support teams within universities and colleges…
Reflections on the launch of @ukEdge’s 9th Skills Shortage Bulletin On 21 October, Edge hosted the official launch of our 9th Skills Shortage Bulletin. With a track record of predicting issues from supply chain shortages to sustainability within the…
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